Nibelung
noun
Nibelung is spelled N-I-B-E-L-U-N-G: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Nibelung means “A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Nibelung is Nibelungs or Nibelungen.
How many letters and syllables are in Nibelung?
| Letters | 8: N-I-B-E-L-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Nibelung?
Nibelung appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of Nibelung
- Nibelungs plural
- Nibelungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Nibelung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of a supernatural underground race that guarded treasures and gold searched for and eventually seized by Siegfried.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nibelung in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of an underground, treasure-guarding race in Germanic mythology:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Nibelung come from?
From German Nibelung, a singular form corresponding to the plural Nibelungen; from Old High German nibel (“mist”) + the patronymic ending -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nebulaz + *-ungō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).